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that does it for me. i'm headed back to the white house, brace fing for a visit f the new england patriots. but not tom brady, who will not be attending. >> lots to talk about today. we were going to talk about georgia and the election there. the runoff. now, this news about jason chaffetz. i thought the most interesting part is when you apologized for checking your phone for updates. i didn't know it was a phone. >> they're coming in frequently. >> i'll apologize, too. have a great afternoon. right now on msnbc, the georgia runoff, 2 out of 18 candidates will face off in a june election for tom price's vacant house seat.
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democrat underdog ossoff takes on karen handle. president trump getting in the fray, as well. the race could have implications for the future of both parties. displaced in droves. retail jobs are plummeting. 60,000 jobs lost in the first quarter of this year. what does it mean for the economy? on the brink. vice president mike pence has a message for north korea. quote, the sword stands ready. we'll have the latest on white house strategy overseas, including confusion over where the "u.s.s. carl vinson" is right now. breaking this morning. former nfl player aaron hernandez dead inside his prison cell. what we know right now. good morning, everyone. i'm ali velshi in washington, d.c. let's begin with some republicans rattled as a 30-year-old democrat, never holding office, threatens to take a house seat that's been held by republicans for decades. jon ossoff came out in top on the special election for
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georgia's sixth congressional district last night, finishing with 48.1%. that's just shy of the 50% he needed to win the seat outright. ossoff will now face off against republican karen handel, the next top vote getter in a runoff election on june 20th. the race is seen as a referendum on trump ndonald trump presiden. lindsey graham gave a wake up call for his party. >> districts like this all over the country are getting more moderate. i think karen will do a good job. she's probably the best republican we could have chosen. i like her chances of winning the seat, but this should be a wakeup call for the republican party. >> president trump is painting the result as a win for republicans. tweeting a short time ago, dems failed in kansas and are now failing in georgia. great job, karen handel. it is hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. candidates expressed their views
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on their chances. >> i'm looking forward to a spirited debate and looking forward to working with the team of thousands of folks who are giving so much to push us forward, to get fresh leadership into washington. i think we're going to win on june 20th. i say, bring it on. >> all republicans, it is all hands on deck for us. we know what's at stake here. we are all, including the very good, ten other republican candidates, we are all going to be united because we know what our job is over the next 60 days. >> nbc's ron allen is in atlanta right now. ron, voter turnout was high for the special election. what reaction are you getting on the ground outside of atlanta? >> it was high, ali. this had the feel of a national election. there were a total of 193,000 or more votes cast, which is about 20,000 more than were cast during the presidential primary here in 2016. this gives an idea of the level of voter enthusiasm. another big number is the amount of money.
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jon ossoff, the democrat, raised over $8 million. a lot online. a lot from out of state. by comparison, karen handel raised less than $500,000. a big discrepancy. that gives you an idea of the energy, the excitement, the competitiveness this race fueled. >> obviously, this would have been remarkable for democrats, had he won just a little bit more and been able to take the 50%. is a little of the wind out of this thing, or are they energized at how close he got? >> they're accentuating the positive. imagine that. they're saying this is a great thing. the district has been republican for so long. hillary clinton only lost by a couple of percentage points, though it was won by tom price, who won by a few numbers. the democrats are trying to make the most of this. they think it gives them momentum, trying to win other districts like this. tom perez, the democratic party chairman, spoke about this on "morning joe" earlier today.
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here's what he had to say. >> i'm optimistic. you see this energy everywhere across america. i've been traveling akroocross country this week. the energy is palpable. we're going to translate the energy into more votes. >> we just heard that perez is coming here to atlanta on thursday to keep pushing the ball forward, keep pushing ossoff over the top in 60 days from now. >> thank you. we have breaking news from capitol hill right now. republican congressman jason chaffetz, chairman of the house oversight committee, announced he won't seek re-election in 2018. in a statement a short time ago on facebook, the utah congressman said, quote, after more than 1,500 nights away from my home, it is time. i may run again for public office but not in 2018. for those who would speculate otherwise, let me be clear, i have no alternative motives. i am healthy and confident and would continue to be re-elected by full margins.
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i have the support of speaker ryan to continue as chairman of the committee. that being said, i made a personal decision to return to the private sector. chaffetz was one of the first republicans to drop support for trump as a candidate after the access hollywood tape came out. weeks later, he said he'd vote for the party's nominee. the u.s. navy fleet that was supposed to move to the korean peninsula was actually sailing in the opposite direction. that despite president trump and other top administration officials declaring last week that sending the "uss carl vinson" air carrier strike group and the other ships in the strike group would send a powerful signal to north korea. >> it is prudent to do it, isn't it? north korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior. >> she's on her way up there because that's where we thought it was most prudent to have her at this time. >> we are sending an armada,
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very powerful. >> nbc's chris jansing joins us live now from the white house. chris, apparently, the only reason we know about this is because the navy posted a photo online of the "uss carl vinson" sailing in the opposite direction from the korean peninsula. what is the white house saying about this? >> the white house is pointing fingers at the defense department, saying there were mixed messages. it started with a statement that was made about the carl vinson and its strike group making movements, but they never said where. then, of course, everything sort of escalated after the president talked tough about north korea. you heard from general mcmaster. at some point, obviously, they knew that this wasn't the case, but by then, it had already created quite a stir. the president, of course, seeing this as a show of force, but we have also seen the sort of
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disquiet that it caused in the region, that this action was being taken. now, we are getting a statement today from the defense secretary, who has started a multi-day trip to the region. here's what he had to say from saudi arabia. take a listen. >> we don't generally give out ship schedules in advance, but i didn't want to play a game either and say we were not changing a schedule when, in fact, we had. so we're doing exactly what we said we were going to do. she will be on her way. i'll determine when she gets there and where she actually operates. but the vinson is going to be part of our ensuring that we stand by our allies in the northwest pacific. >> so secretary mattis confirming that, again, it has turned around. the vinson and strike group is on its way. also reports that its deployment has been extended by 30 days. ali, it does appear it will be a presence off the waters of the korean peninsula a little longer. >> the president has softened
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his tone a little bit on north korea. what's that about? >> yeah, ethii think there has mixed messages. one, this tough talk against north korea. on the other hand, looking to maybe make some overtures through diplomacy. he did talk very briefly about this yesterday when he travelled and was talking to local reporters. take a listen. >> hopefully, he wants peace and we want peace. and that's going to be the end determination. but we're going to have to see what happens. >> referring to, of course, kim jong-un. the problem, obviously, has been that there have been some bad headlines in south korea, saying that this is trump's lie. the questions being raised about when the president or the administration talks about military might, whether they're empty threats or not. that's the situation that this confusion has caused for this white house. >> no kidding. all right. chris, we'll talk to you later. thanks for that. while the president softened his tone or north korea, vice
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president pence issued a stern, new warning. the vice president speaking overnight from the deck of the aircraft carrier "uss ronald reagan," anchored in japan. kelly kocobiella joins us from seoul, south korea. what did the vice president have to say? >> well, ali, if this is good cop/bad cop, vice president mike pence is playing bad cop, telling the group of 2,500 sailors on board the "uss ronald reagan" that north korea is a real and urgent and dangerous threat in the region. the most dangerous threat to peace and security in the region. he said that the north koreans should not doubt the resolve of the u.s. military, a familiar line from the vice president. and also vowed to defend allies in asia. take a listen. >> we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an
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overwhelming and effective american response. the united states of america will always seek peace, but under president trump, the shield stands guard and the sword stands ready. >> the vice president also said that the u.s. would continue to work with allies, putting the diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea, as well, to get it to stop developing its nuclear program. interestingly, ali, in an interview overnight, the vice president was asked whether or not the u.s. would sit down and directly negotiate with kim jong-un and his regime. the vice president said, not at this time. vice president now on his way to indonesia. ali? >> that's interesting. a few days ago, the vice president had implied that direct negotiations with north korea would make sense. kelly, thanks very much for that. kelly cobiella in south korea. this morning, the white
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house is also talking tough on ir iran. secretary of state tillerson saying the trump administration is weighing whether to effectively kill the landmark nuclear deal signed almost two years ago under the obama administration. the secretary notifying congress in a letter that despite finding that iran is complying with the agreement, the white house is looking at whether the u.s. should break with the deal because of what it sees as iran's continued support of terrorism. during the presidential campaign, then-candidate trump repeatedly called the agreement the worst deal ever negotiated. >> they have become rich. they have become powerful. the deal is one of the worst negotiated deals of any kind that i've ever seen. >> joining me now is a research director at the national iranian/american counsel. prior to that, he served under presidents george w. bush and barack obama. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> this is two separate issues. iran is doing what they were supposed to do under the deal,
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but we don't like iran's support of groups like hezbollah, the houthis in yemen. on one hand, you say this is actually good news, that at least the administration is acknowledging that iran is sticking to the deal. >> that's right. it is good news. a lot of the bloomb blasts we heard from trump and his top advisers when they were campaigning is being contradicted, saying, actually, this deal is working and iran is living up to its end of the bargain. but it was never supposed to solve the other objectionable behavior. state-sponsored terrorism is more difficult without a nuclear deal that is tapping iran's nuclear development. >> when the deal was signed, the obama administration, john kerry at the time, were specific about the fact that this isn't about becoming chummy with iran. this isn't about iran deciding it'll play by all the rules. it is specifically about enriching the nuclear capabilities. >> no doubt about it. if anything, the hope, far from
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guaranteed, was it could be a foundation from which dialogue on other issues, like terrorism and things of that nature, could commence and the clock ran out on the obama administration. >> once the united states certified that iran is sticking to the deal, as others have, the problem is that if the recommendation is that america pulls out of the deal, it may not have the support of the other countries that signed on to it. >> no question. this deal was widely popular throughout the world. israel, saudi arabia, maybe a handful of others notwithstanding. to certify iran is in complia e compliance, but say, because of things iran is doing outside of the nuclear deal, we're going to kill the deal, not only does it defy logic but affects american security interests here and around the world. >> in restarting the relations with israel and re-setting of the relations with saudi arabia, is this sort of saber rattling important to the trump administration, to send a message to the gulf allies and the israelis, we're on top of the iran thing? >> i certainly think it is part of the messaging. but privately, israeli and saudi
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security officials have conceded that this deal is a good thing. there is no need for it at this time. everything the trump administration does to push back on iran should be tied to objectionable iranian behavior. >> thank you for being here. the director at the iranian-american counsel. former president george h.w. bush is recovering from a mild case of pneumonia in a houston hospital. bush's spokesperson says the 92-year-old former president is doing fine. he is in good spirits. there's no time line on his release, although his spokesperson indicates it could be in the coming days. this is the former president's second hospitalization this year. coming up next, new figs show the number of retail jobs in america is plummeting, with losses bigger than the coal industry. how this could mark a fundamental shift in u.s. jobs. former new england patriots star aaron hernandez died in
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find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. the ease and convenience provided when we click a button to shop online is having a profound effect on the american retail industry. a recent "new york times" article reports that ecommerce players, led by the industry giant amazon, made it so easy and fast for people to shop online, that traditional
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retailers are strugtologling to compete. 61,000 retail jobs have been lost in just the first three months of this year alone. these staggering job losses in retail comes as president trump pushes his agenda, promising to fight for the american worker. here is he as a tool manufacturer in wisconsin. >> with this action, we are sending a powerful signal to the world. we're going to defend our workers, protect our jobs and, finally, put america first. >> joining me now is steve, the future editor and axis, and my colleague, stephanie ruhle in new york. steve, you wrote about this. 89,000 retail jobs have been lost since last fall. donald trump made a deal about
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the coal industry. there have been more retail workers eliminated in america than there are coal workers in entirety. >> right. 58,000 is the number of total coal miners. this is a political minefield for trump. a lot of these workers who have lost their jobs, they were the ones who were downsized from manufacturers. where do they go now? some people who were not paid attention to. no focus during last year's campaign. this is something that's going to creep up and could be a real political problem for him going forward. >> stephanie, talk to me about this. what happened? how did this happen so fast? we've all been shopping online for years. suddenly, it seems in the last six months or so, we have seen an acceleration of losses in the retail industry. we're seeing leases not renewed, shopping malls that are starting to empty out. what's going on? >> it is extraordinary. when the president talks about buy american, hire american, you know, manufacture here, the retail industry isn't looking to
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have these problems. macy's, jcpenney, they don't want to close stores. even luxury retailers pulled their public offerings that were expected later this year. people changed their habits. they're shopping online. look at the power and proewess f amazon. people want cheap and things sent to their homes. who works in shopping malls? part-time employees. often moms with kids in school. think of the impact it is going to have in the job space in suburban america. the mall is where you and i grew up hanging out. the mall is going away and not coming back any time soon. this is a massive issue that cannot be changed by a government demand or a government command. retailers don't want this to happen. this is bad news for them. >> so let's think about this, steve. we've gone through the issue of manufacturers being displaced. we talked about coal workers. we're talking about drivers who
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are going to be replaced because of autonomous cars. what do you do about this? we can't fix this, as stephanie said. we're still buying stuff. we're actually buying more than we have in the past. we're not going to shops to buy it. what can possibly be done here? >> first of all, it is irreversible. you saw that after the financial crash, there is a steep climb in the number of retail jobs. that's how we got out of the crash. since january, there's been a plunge. this is a sectoral shift. no one knows -- first of all, this is an intense debate whether the economy is going to create new industries that we just don't know about. but at this point, there is a gap between now and when these new, alleged industries get created. >> right. >> in which hundreds of thousands of workers don't have a place to go. >> and, stephanie, that gap, with these displaced workers, will add retail workers to the list of people we were just talking about. when you think about this from
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the future of work, we've been thinking about this for a while, the frontal systpromise of a ne that will pick up people without specialized education. >> who is going to take responsibility for training and preparing that worker for their next job? at the end of the day, doesn't matter the industry you're talking about. you have to follow the money. the money is in the hands of consumers. consumers aren't going to a shopping mall or paying retail because they don't have to thanks to technology. you can't stop technology and globalization. zara has become one of the most powerful retailers in the world. the owner is not a design guy. he is a supply chain guy who is now one of the richest men in the world. six years ago, had you ever heard of zara? >> stephanie, one of the other trends out there has been a push toward higher minimum wages which, unfortunately, while some of us believe makes for a better country, for people to earn more money, this will only hasten the death blow for traditional brick
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and mortar retailers, when you can supply things from a warehouse for free or no pllabo >> there are fast-food style restaurants in japan now that has almost no workers. it is entirely computerized. while we criticized andy pud ze, when he said he'd rather have robos than ememployees, it was offensive. but the next shoe now to drop will be retail workers. >> steve, bloomingdale's employees were protesting, saying they want a different pay structure. they feel people come into bloomingdales, strtry things on using their time and expertise and then buy it online. people are showrooming but not buying from the traditional retailers. by the way, people do it at car
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dealerships. >> almost knocked best buy out of business. >> one of the things to keep in mind, we are talking about the demise of retail stores, but they're not all going to go away. we still are going to want to go to stores to some degree. stores have to reinvent themselves. the government, donald trump, is going to have to think about this, about how am i going to retrain? this is the very bottom of the labor chain. there's no place else for them to go. >> right. >> he has to think about this. >> steve, good to see you. thanks for being with us. future editor at axias. and my colleague, stephanie ruhle, and i argue and think about these things all the time. thanks for sticking around. >> thanks, ali. next, 23-year-old man is reportedly the first dreamer to be sent out of the country under the trump administration. i'll speak with his attorney about how the case could affect other children of undocumented immigrants. remember when you said men are superior drivers?
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there are new concerns this morning over president trump's new executive order targeting a visa program that allows companies to bring in highly
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skilled foreign workers. some business owners are worried about how it could help the bottom line. it's already having an impact in silicon valley. good to see you again. >> great to see you. the three-year, h1b cevisa was created in 1990 to bring specialized workers to the united states. the visa was designed to fill jobs in stem fields with the engineers and scientists from abroad. when an american worker couldn't be found for the same role. since then, the program has allegedly been taking american jobs. it is coming under fire, especially by president trump. the mvradministration vowed to scrutinize it more. >> reporter: amid the buy american and hire american push by president trump, the future of the highly skilled worker visa, known as the h1b is now under threat. >> right now, h1b visas are awarded in a totally random lottery, and that's wrong.
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>> reporter: president trump ordering a review of the program, part of the clamp down on companies hiring the skilled foreign workers. >> they should be given to the most skilled applicants and never used to replace americans. >> reporter: the current director who oversees the program says fraud is a top priority. >> our efforts are really focused on cracking down on those that are abusing the program. that certainly then disadvantage u.s. workers. quite frankly, would also disadvantage those that are well-intentioned in using the program itself. >> reporter: in four days, 199,000 foreign workers applied for the highly sought-after h1b for next year. only 85,000 will be chosen in a lottery. university of san francisco graduate student is applying next year. >> even i want to make america gre great. >> reporter: she want from india to help transform the health care industry. she said recruiters find her
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skills impressive but her visa status is daunting. >> i was told, we believe immigrants make america great. at this time, we are not able to take this forward. >> reporter: the ceo of an on-demand delivery service is headquarters in san francisco. an immigrant himself, he said the issue is not about excluding american workers. >> there is no competition between a american worker and h1b worker. it is about american companies being competitive. >> reporter: not having the visas could hurt business. >> often times, we can't hire people from within the u.s. for the roles we're looking for. i'm just generally worried about us cracking down on a category of immigrants on non-immigrant visas that i believe is very important for the company and the company's competitiveness in general. >> reporter: as she prepares to
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apply, she hopes policies won't send her back to india. >> it is a little sad, and i hope it changes soon. i mean, i travel a lot. i give up a lot to be here. i hope that it leads to something good. >> as you just heard, president trump went as far as to say right down to the selection process for the h1b visas is in need of reform, calling the lottery system, quote, wrong. the long-trusted lottery system is on the table, which has been criticized for not necessarily choosing the top talent. in my interview, the agency said this is part of the fresh look at u.s. immigration policy by the white house, and homeland security is ready to implement changes coming from the administration. >> thanks a lot. good to see you again. usa today is reporting the first, so-called dreamer has been deported. despite being protected under president obama's program called deferred action for childhood
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arrivals, or daca. montez said he didn't have his wallet on him when a federal officer approached him and asked for his id back in february. within hours, the officer brought him in for questioning. the 23-year-old was deported to mexico. montez says his daca status was renewed in 2016. the department of homeland security says they have no record of montez renewing his status, but his lawyers argue they provided a copy of his work authorization, showing his daca status valid through 2018. joining me now is karen, managing attorney at the national immigration law center, and she is representing juan montez. thank you for being with us. juan is suing the trump administration over his deportati deportation. you say your firm provided a copy of his work authorization to the government, showing his status valid through 2018. have you had any response? >> so we're really proud to represent juan. i'd make one correction. the government themselves issued
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juan's work authorization that shows on the front of it that it is valid until 2018. and they have a copy of that. we've seen a copy of it. we didn't surrender it in the lawsuit because it is highly n confidential but that shows his daca was valid when he was deported. >> the department of homeland security said they have no record. are they the agency that would have the record of his daca authorization? >> absolutely. they are the agency. united states citizen and immigration services, which is a sub department of the department of homeland security. they issued this document. they certainly have a record of it. >> what's the confusion then? if he's got this document, if it was issued, if the department of homeland security had it and you had it, how could they deport him? >> that's the questions we want answers to in this lawsuit. juan filed a freedom of information act lawsuit. for over a month, we have gone to the federal government as his
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lawyers and said, we need answers. what happened to him? how did you deport him? why did you deport him? can you give us a copy of the documents he was forced to sign, which is his legal right? they refused to provide the information. they told us to file a freedom of information act request, which we did. they provided no information. we sued, as is juan's right, to get the very documents and get the questions about why was he deported and how was he deported and should he be brought home to the country he grew up in? >> moments ago, attorney general jeff sessions spoke about this case. let's listen to it together. >> daca enrolees are not being targeted. i don't know why this individual was picked up. everybody in the country illegally is subject to being deported. so people come here and stay here a few years. somehow, they think they're not subject to being deported. well, they are. >> that's confusing and contradictory. he said daca enrolees are not
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being targeted, followed by, anyone who came to the country, anyone who has been here a few years thinks they are and they're not. are they or are they not targeting daca enrolees? ? >> it was confusing and we need answers. that is the attorney general, the top lawyer for the country, giving contradictory remarks. the president said he has love in his heart for daca recipients. those are cold comfort to juan and his mom, who are now separated. it is an entirely one thing to say that daca recipients are safe and you have love in your heart for them, but if there is no instruction being given to border patrol agents, that says when you encounter someone who has daca, you need to take that seriously. they have to have a process and serious questions have to be asked by they can be deported late at night from the country they grew up? >> it is a remarkable story. we'll follow it closely. unbelievable that he had documentation as a daca enrolee
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and was deported. thank you for joining us, karen. >> thanks for having me. >> karen is representing juan montez. the managing attorney at the national immigration law center. coming up next, what the united ceo is now saying about the dragging incident and why his comments are, surprise, surprise, causing even more anger. (deep breath) ♪ (phone ringing) they'll call back. no one knows your ford better than ford and ford service. right now, during the big tire event, get a $140 rebate by mail, on four select tires. ♪ take 5, guys. tired of your bladder always cutting into your day? you may have overactive bladder, or oab.
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headlines around the news nation. the 27-year-old died from an apparent suicide. he was found inside his cell hanging by a bed sheet. he apparently tried to block his door by jamming the door by various items. it comes a couple days after he was acquitted in a double murder trial. he was already serving a lifetime sentence for the murder of odin loyd. in fresno, california, men were shot in what is called a hate crime. the victim hosted on social media he did not like white people. the 39-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene, expected to be charged with four counts of murder. the fourth count is for the shooting death of a security guard last week. the nationwide hunt for steve stephens ended yesterday in pennsylvania. it happened after a group of mcdonald's workers tipped off police and tried to stall him at the drive-through by holding his fries. police cornered him after a brief chase. the 37-year-old shot himself
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what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. guaranteed. even the most perceptive noses won't notice the trash. be happy. it's glad. we're following breaking news right now. new york magazine is reporting that executives at fox news are ready to sever the network's relationship with primetime host bill o'reilly. the magazine broke the story a short time ago and joins me now by phone. gabe, you are probably one of the most closely connected reporters to this story. give me a sense of what you're hearing now. >> well, it's good to be here. it is a very fast-moving
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situation. there has been a story that the murdoch family has been trying to contain. i've heard, you know, within the last 24 hours the decision has been made that o'reilly has to go. they are entering severance talks. this is a story that has gripped the entire media world. >> give me a little color on this. some of your reporting indicated that rupert murdoch was not in favor of losing bill o'reilly. certainly didn't want to be pushed into it because of media reports of alleged things that bill o'reilly has been doing. tell me how this came about. >> yeah, you know, the rupert murdoch, the patriarch of the global media empire was resisting making any moves with o'reilly. for one, o'reilly is the profit center and the highest rated show in all of cable news. moving him, obviously, has business implications. also, murdoch does not want to be pressured, as you say. his sons, especially james murdoch, the ceo of 21st century
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fox, has been aggressively lobbying for o'reilly to go. he wants to move fox news into the more modern era and reform its culture. really the turning point, as i've heard from my
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used to the network. this is what is. this happened to blen beck. what purpose does he serve, just as glenn beck lost advertisers. his value to fox -- >> as a guy who covers this, the one benefit that he does bring to foxx is that even after this scandal erupted again, and i say again because this happened in the past, his ratings went up. >> his audience is very loyal.
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his audience stayed with him as well. over two million every night, every afternoon when he was on, but who istizing? who is sponsoring him. they wanted nothing to do with glenn beck. at the moment they want nothing to do with bill o riley. there is a question if they will ever come back, that is part of the calculations they're making right now. >> if you're an advertiser, and he had these issues in the past, and if you don't want to be ses associated with someone with actually harassment allegations. >> we're all reporting it focused so much attention on this and just to take up with what gabe said, when they got rid of roger ailes, they vowed to clean up that culture and they really did not. there was a series of complaints. the same executives that served
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under roger ailes. >> there have been a new allegation against bill o'riley yesterday. his lawyer gave us a release yesterday. they say it has been orchestrated by far right organizations bent on destroying him for political and financial reasons. the evidence will be put forth shortly. but they have not provided any evidence. >> they did a little, they sent me an e-mail from a fundraising group on behalf of media matters for america, a liberal group, that are trying to say that media matters is raising money off of his problems and trying to drive him off of the air and get his sponsorship off of the show. >> what do you think it is?
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as you said has there been a lot of media coverage, or are they getting pressure from their consumers? is there social media pressure on them? i'm trying to get my ahead around what caused this to be different from all other -- >> this is both, the social media pressure. the mass media pressure. companies don't like to be associated with someone who is in a negative light, particularly about sexual harassment. >> paul of the washington post, we're going to take a break and be right back. it's time for your business entrepreneur of the week. a teacher who loved makeup started creating youtube tutorials for her friends. today she does more than $20 million in sales each year. for more watch "your business" on sunday mornings.
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going to the region was 3500 miles going the opposite direction. and good day, everyone. a busy day in washington. we expect to hear the white house take on the georgia special election and more about the future of the iran deal. joining me now is chief white house correspondant halle jackson. sean spicer will get a lot of questions. the georgia election. both sides claiming victory. the young 30 something democratic former congressional said sayi